Speaking Of Life 1050 | Stand Firm
Greg Williams
Is coffee good for you? Depends on who you ask, and when you ask. I’m a coffee drinker and I’ve watched with interest as the dangers and/or benefits of coffee have changed over the years. One study might claim coffee stunts your growth or causes heart issues, while another study promotes coffee as a means of protection against Parkinson’s disease and liver cancer. What are you to believe?
I’m not here to debate the benefits or dangers of coffee, I’m simply pointing out that in our day and age – with so much access to information and research – it is easy to get conflicting messages. And not just about food; we can also read conflicting messages about core beliefs that can mislead some and challenge the faith of others.
This is not a new problem. People have used lies and deceit to mount opposition against or twist the message of the gospel since day one. The apostle Paul wrote encouraging letters to believers—especially to those in Galatia and Thessalonica—to help them remain faithful to the gospel. The believers were being hit with “new information” and false ideas about the coming and return of Jesus. Some were asserting the day of the Lord had already come.
Paul addressed this in his 2nd letter to the church at Thessalonica.
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Verses 1-2: We ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way (2 Thessalonians 2:1-3).
Paul encourages us later in the chapter to stand firm, and hold fast to Jesus Christ the anchor of our truth and faith.
That is truth. So let this truth give you eternal encouragement and good hope.
I’m Greg Williams, Speaking of Life.
